Fastening device.



E. BATTISTI.

FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Auq.13.1913.

1,152,778. PatentedSept. 7,1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D4 c.

nmuco BATIISTI, 0F ROME, ITALY.

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FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7, 1915 Application filed August 13, 1913. Serial No. 784,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENRICO BATTISTI,L subject of the King of Italy, residing at Home, in the Kingdom of Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The object of the present invention is a device by means of which the edges of any article may be rapidly and easily joined toends to be joined together; and a third piece so arranged as to slide between the two former, which it thus holds together. It will be understood that when the borders of an object are held together by this device, if the intermediate or locking piece is caused to slide in an opposite direction to that necessary for establishing the connection, the borders of the said object are at once disconnected and rendered free.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 shows in section and on enlarged scale one of the side pieces; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wire frame, which serves to formthe side piece; Fig. 8 shows in section the three pieces connected, and Fig. 4 is a front view of a portion of the apparatus.

The drawings are all schematic and on a variable scale.

An important characteristic feature of the apparatus consists in this, that all the parts of the device are flexible, being thus easily adaptable to any shape, however irregular,

which may be assumed by articles of dress.

The side pieces are provided with longitudinal grooves, and the middle piece has i on its two edges the thickenings which have to run in the grooves.

Fig. 1 shows in cross section one of the side pieces according to the arrangement with the border of the object.

now described, in which are used little hoops 1 wrapped from the inside and the outside by a ribbon -2 of leather, or of other suitable material, thus forming the laps -3 in order to establish the connection The canal 4 is thus formed for the purpose of receiving the sliding block of the middle part; for the passage of this sliding block the longitudinal cut 5 is left open.

The application of non contiguous hoops, at short distance one from the other, gives sufiicient flexibility to the system; but this flexibility may likewise be obtained by the use of a frame of metallic wire -6 first I bent in the form of a Greek fret (Fig. 2)

then curved so as to reproduce the shape of the above mentioned hoops -1'- and covered in like manner.

As a result of the form of the side pieces as just described, the middle piece (Fig. 3) is conveniently made of a flexible connecting means 7 of suitable material, having on both its edges cylindrical thickenings of such a diameter as to slide freely through the grooves without any possibility of getting out of theopening 5.

As connecting means may be employed a system of tie-bands 9 as that shown in Fig. 4.

I claim:

Fastening device for flexibly joining the edges of articles of dress, such as shoes, gloves and the like, comprising: a middle sliding piece with two lateral strings forming the edges of same, and twoside pieces each of them formed by a metallic wire having the shape of a Greek fret and bent so as to form an incomplete cylindrical groove, which leaves between its edges a longitudinal slit and is provided inside and outside with a flexible covering,'in which grooves may slide the lateral strings of the middle piece.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ENRIOO BATTISTI.

Witnesses 'LETTERIO LABSGOETTA, AN'roNINo LAnsooET'rA.

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